The effect of quinagolide and cabergoline, two selective dopamine receptor type 2 agonists, in the treatment of prolactinomas

@article{diSarno2000TheEO,
  title={The effect of quinagolide and cabergoline, two selective dopamine receptor type 2 agonists, in the treatment of prolactinomas},
  author={Antonella di Sarno and Maria Luisa Landi and Paolo Marzullo and Carolina Di Somma and Rosario Pivonello and Gaetana Cerbone and Gaetano Lombardi and Annamaria Colao},
  journal={Clinical Endocrinology},
  year={2000},
  volume={53}
}
To compare effectiveness and tolerability of quinagolide (CV 205–502) and cabergoline (CAB) treatments in 39 patients with prolactinoma. 
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Factors determining the remission of microprolactinomas after dopamine agonist withdrawal
Background  Withdrawal of dopamine agonist (DA) therapy in the management of microprolactinoma is common practice, but it is unclear which patients are likely to attain long‐term remission.
When can we stop cabergoline treatment in prolactinomas?
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According to the authors' experience, they withdraw cabergoline treatment in prolactinomas after normalization of serum Prolactin levels and tumor disappearance or no further reduction of tumor size on MRI during the last 12 months of follow-up.
Cabergoline
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The great efficacy of CAB together with its excellent tolerability makes this drug the current treatment of choice for the majority of patients with hyperprolactinaemic disorders.
Management of resistant prolactinomas
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Resistance to dopamine agonists occurs in a subset of patients with prolactin-secreting pituitary tumors, and the goal of therapy is to restore and maintain gonadal and neurologic function, and this might occur in the absence of a normal Prolactin level or a significant change in tumor size.
Predictors of remission of hyperprolactinaemia after long‐term withdrawal of cabergoline therapy
Background  Remission rates of 76, 69·5 and 64·3% have been reported in patients with nontumoural hyperprolactinaemia (NTH), microprolactinoma and macroprolactinoma, respectively, 2–5 years after…
Dopamine receptor agonists for treating prolactinomas
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Notable tumour shrinkage until tumour disappearance was observed during cabergoline treatment in most patients with macroprolactinoma and it was also proven effective in patients resistant to or with a poor response to bromocriptine.
Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Cabergoline
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The pharmacokinetic properties of cabergoline allow once daily administration in patients with Parkinsons’s disease and twice weekly administration in Patients with hyperprolactinaemia, making this drug advantageous over other dopaminergic agents in term of both therapeutic compliance and better symptom control.
Giant prolactinomas in men: efficacy of cabergoline treatment
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Evaluating the efficacy and safety of CAB also for giant prolactinomas found Cabergoline, a long‐lasting dopamine agonist (DA), safe and well tolerated, is effective in normalizing PRL levels and inducing tumour shrinkage in micro‐ and macroprolactinoma.
Management of Dopamine Agonist-Resistant Prolactinoma
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Any BRC-resistant patient should be switched to CAB which will normalize prolactin in 80% of patients, and dose escalation of CAB is reasonable, with the expectation that subsequent dose reduction will be possible.
Hyperprolactinemia and prolactinomas.
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